Boom! I’ll start with the great news, our brothers, sisters and fellow green/sustainability friends have just done what seemed a distant dream a few years ago. Solar just produced more energy than coal for the whole month of April. This is really a great achievements and I pass on all the complements I can muster, from my @rwscarter and @crowdleaf.

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Carbon Brief, revealed that solar generated around 1.3GW of power over April that is 50% more than the 893GWh generated from coal.

However there is slightly less good news, due in part to the subsidy cuts there has been substantial job losses in Solar, with nearly half the 35 thousand  people that worked in the industry no longer employed there. But there is a more good than bad in another way, while solar has hit its so far highest point in the UK; it has done so with less workers, meaning that the industry is out performing its in regards to its labour and so is more productive.

The feed in tariff may be greatly reduced but it is still giving a return and I urge all of you to get involved and back Solar just as you did before and for those of you that have not done so before. Join me in investing on Abundance. This particular project (warning capital at risk) is offering 6.5% and an early birds bonus.

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You may have noticed a similarity with my last post, fort those who read ‘The Leaf’ regularly. That is that even when things do not look good, people come together for the betterment of the world, green energy and sustainability, which as you know as a visitor, is among the greatest of causes. In this case the green shoots not being demoralised when the government takes away its support. So in this sense, we are walking down a path and together we are unstoppable, though government support would be welcome and we are feeling the pinch, we cannot and will not be knocked down.

 




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